I don't know how exactly Lar found out / figured out that Gils was his son. But based on things that Imin said later, he must have known that Gils was his son, either when he saw him for the first time or (more likely) beforehand.

The elves are not unfamiliar with events happening among the men -- they overhear things and they like to spy. They must have known that a human girl was (supposedly) pregnant with an elf baby. And when they found out the kid had air nature, they would have known it was Lar's. (Unless the fifth elf with them that night was another elf with air nature... hmm.)

Anyway, they were surely keeping an eye on that house before they ever broke into it, so they must have known Gils was there, that he was half-elf, and that his father had air nature and was, almost necessarily, Lar.

As for Egelric's kids... Jehanne and Baby-Flann are living with Aunt Hetty, and as far as anyone knows they always will. Baby-Flann is just a baby, and Jehanne is not yet two, so they're pretty unaware of everything that's going on around them. Jehanne is doing as well as you would expect a not-yet-two-year-old to cope with the loss of both her parents in the space of a month or so. If she has problems they're more of the "unreasonably clingy" or "scared of the dark" kind of consequences. She will probably be all right, though.

Wulf and Gils are still at Raegiming with Mouse. Ethelwyn spends Sundays there and sometimes visits during the week. Things are gearing up again for the planting and breeding and birthing season back home, so he's getting a lot busier than he was over Christmas and has been living the bachelor life a lot of the time.

Wulf and Gils have Princess Leia and Dora and Blithe to play with, and they have Lady Eadgith, Mouse, and Wynflaed to fuss over them, plus Young Sigefrith to call them runts and occasionally take them out to save them from too much female attention, and Haakon and Heafoc to tag along after. They're old enough to feel the loss of Lili and Egelric much more keenly, but at the same time they're in a household full of exuberant love, so they're better off than they would be at dysfunctional Nothelm.

I don't want to say they're better off than they would be with Egelric, but they probably are better off than they were with post-Maire, pre-banishment Egelric, when he was in the depths of despair and self-loathing (and everyone-else-loathing). There are times when Egelric really does other people a favor when he takes off and hides himself. (More so than Magog.)

I have tentatively planned a Wulf + Gils + Leia chapter for March, but don't mark it on your calendars just yet. March will be a busy month.

Matilda did take baby Dunstan home with her. If he's not in her household then it's just an oversight on my part.

Yeah Wyn is in a tough spot. Not knowing if your job is still intact is very frustrating. Oh, the boys are still at Raegeming which is very far from Aia's village.. What I'm really looking foward to is Egelric's return to the valley. Everything is a big question mark what will his life be like now, is he going to lose the castle and his knighthood, or if he does where will he go? When Egelric come's back he will get custody of Flann and Jehanne back right? I don't think Hetty and Alred will be too keen to give them back.

If Egelric isn't allowed to see Hetty then would that mean she won't have an active role in her sister's children?

It certainly would. I think what would be great for him is if he took his kids and retreat from society as he did with Sela. He could have his farm and cottage big enough for him and the children. Please Meryt please can you do this for him!?

But Ramsaa's right next to Britain or is it isle of man that is closer? To the Map I shall go!

EDIT: Yeah Ramsaa is on that island not too far but still far from Lothere. Its going to be tough for those guys to comeback.